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GEN. BARNUWs HORNY HAND.
0uxgestions from him About the Constru>
tlon Of Political Speeches.

suxgestions from him About the Censtruc-
tlon Of Political Speeches.
Gen. E. B. Barnum Is campaign speaker
on the Democratic side OF quite number OF
years. experience. he Is resident OF Brooklyn,
and the people of the State OF New York, par
ticularly In New York and Kings counties
know him we'll as very effective and able
speaker. His forte. besides possessing q capti-
waiting address and well-modulated voice. is in
knowing his audience and what sort OF q speech
will suit them best. always. Of course, bearing
in mind the purpose Of his speech. On one
occasion, in the Eighth Ward Of Brooklyn. q
ward largely Democratic In its vote. and noted
for its honest, hard-f1sted sons OF toll in the
course Of speech before large audience
composed mainly Of that class, he referred to
labor. which then occupied. as 1t does now. a
high place in politics. He was interrupted by
an elderly man whose appearance indicated q
life of toll. and who exclaimed. What do you
know about labor2"
The speaker certainly does not look like a
laboring man, and the body OF the audience
promptly indicated its concurrence with the
old mans suggestion. The necessity Of over
coming the feeling manifested II he was to
continue was apparent. and. springing from
the platform to the floor. he approached the
old man, and extending his hand to him. said:
will you feel my hand, sir 2"
The gray-headed laborer felt OF 1t. and finally
Begorra. you do know something about it. "
rough, and rapidly extending 1t to several
others, who assented to the old mans conclu-
sf Sssf liz as sSr
OCCUPATIONS and his present social and bust
ness standing He appealed to the fathers
DreSolt.
GSn and toy IN hs ree
only one in the world where. the. principles Of
government and opportunities for education
and and ss %Sebe sss Ill., Bsd
iafare AWAITED them and tSeIr ehIdreS S sS
hands before no got out OF. the house than he
ever did on like occasion before or since.
n The following are suggestions given by the
"A ten-minute speech requires two topics
tersely handled and one story. Always, II pos:
IN tSat partsnar seize apon any local matter
which Is Of interest and popular. locally. In
the Introduction pleasantly. too. should be en-
Ployed. This In all cases. whether tho speech
-, 1T the campaign be local entirely, there is
little to DC except to deal with candidates and
should be prepared orted By mutations i rom
rellaDl6 sources. full notes SHOULD % prepared
separately on each topic, and kept on hand so
that one or more can be used and contracted
or expanded as the necessity calls for.
The advent of a candidate or other speaker
met by the audience with disturbing applause
Is an excellent intimation to cut 1t short
perorat9ns sh9pa be prepared where
Noise or inattention should BIO recognized
as a signal to change the topic and for the In
PRODUCTION OF story or facetious treatment Of
Interruptions. II ugly. should be ignored II
possible. II In earnest, honestly responded to-.
II frivolous or mischievous. by sharp and cut
ting responses"
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TO believe In spirtualisn. He delibcrate,y, set
TO work to consult not only Spiritualists. but
fortune tellors, clairvoynnts, astroiogeIh; anu
oven Rypsles. He epcnt two years IN visiting
this sort OF people IN every part OF the conn-
try. going as far az California In his search Tor
some medium to futufity. He was, witha,,
profound atheist and friend OF Bob
1ngersoll. He had many strange experiences
and those he yaited. frequently had knowl;
edge about him and his affairs that seemed
marvellous, but at tho end he pronounced the
whole thing humbug and says:
clairyoyant, or what not, that could tell the
elightest thing Of the future. The most they
can do is to tell Of what has passed. and they
do that sometimes with strange accuracy, put
what eatisfaction is thatp j knew II already,
fortune teller saved my life once" said
another man. II was going to Europe. nnd In
tended to take q certain steamer. My WHO
went to fortune teller, and was told that
some one che loved was In grent danger on
account of q journey which he was about 70
take, and that unless. the trip was delayed the
person would surely lose his life. My wife got
hysterical over It, and was bound that must
wait until the next steamer. had half con.
cluded to walt before that, but was so put out
at her fooling, with fortune teller that stuck
TO my original plan just out OF contrariness.
] had q pleasant voyage. The next steamer
was wrecked and most Of her passengers were
drowned. II II hadn't been for that fortune
teller I'd have been ono OF them, most likely
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washington's Wonderful Monument.
From the Kansas Ci,y Journal.

Il have been living now for some months at q
monument looking directly upon it's Eastern face. 1t
seemed twice alike II has its moods and changes
OF color like the tops OF the swiss Alps This mornlng
the base Of the 1Dfoot structure was lot In deep
handrsa feet Then came section Of perhaps 100 feet
crowned with white blazing column Hundreds OF feet
high flashing back the sunlight set against deep blue
grsy base 9fhe monument rising above the deep green
OF Ar ington beyond. and overlapping all these the
graceful shaft pierces the heavens covering far above
clouds II Is realized vision OF jacobs ladder, real
visible stone cAuGewAy leading from heaven to earth
Do You know OF any other monument like THAR A few
evenings ago there grand thunder shower In the
east The west was black with darkness and the
white monument was boted out OF sight But at every
fash Of the lightning the whole eastern face OF the
ument cleaned and flashed like a polished sword,
Ing out " tho darkness with and yyidness
that was startling. II seemed TO DO CHASTITY monu
ment column OF electricity, which leaped from the
nth TO the sky, am sure no other monument In this
world can exhibit such phase as that
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CHASING THE CARS.
A Modern Product or Raiiroadine by which
Track IL Kept Of Rolling stock.

Track 10 Kept Of Rolling stock
Car chasers arc among the most impor-
tant employees Of the great trunk lines Of rail-
roads. The title exactly describes their bust
moss. On some railroads they are called trav-
Cling car agents. Tho department head who
employs them is also called variously the car
agent. the car accountant, or the superin-
tendent OF rolling stock. These officials have
as many as dozon assistants on some OF the
great roads, nine or ten being clerks at $50 or
$40 month, and the rest being chasers who
travel all over the country on free passes hunt
ing up missing cars. and who receive 3120 or
500 month and expenses
Great railroads have Immense numbers OF
cars. The Central Railroad OF New Jersey has
about $4,000 of all sorts: the Pennsylvania
Railroad, 10000 or 10000. These care are at
the present moment In every State in the
Union They 60 wherever the freight with
which they are loaded is billed to, and thus
are scattered from Winnipeg to Mexico and
Los Angeles to Bangor. most minute and
thorough system. obtaining on all railroads ex-
ccpt the very smallest, records every movement
OF every car. This system operates at all juno
ershp and Number He Of esers car TINT PASSES
and Immediately notify the roads whose
car accountant OF their own road. These noti-
flcations are made by postal card. In each
general Office car account books are kept, and
the movements. Of the .company's own cars are
recorded from day to day. Whenever loaded
1t to carry a load OF freight back in the direc-
ton OF the road to which the car belongs. It
pays at the rate OF seven-eighths cent a mile
for this use OF its neighbours. property In this
way, and II 1t should happen that there was no
freight to be Skinned in that direction within
along and mileage is paid on 1t rs II 1t were
laden.
It Is when number Of cars relost sight Of
that n travelling agent ia sent out. Sometimes
It happens that tho cars are on little branch
roads idle and overlooked. sometimes they
is short OF cars and full Of business, and Is
using every foreign car II can get; and some:
times other equally simple causes delay It. II
1t Is In use by company short OF cars, that
company pays milsage on 1t, unit 1t sometimes
happens that q car is worn out and paid for
turned at all. II a car chaser demands the re-
turn Of his compeny's cars, they are sent
home, but often others are seized and put to
use when his back Is turned and he IL travel
ling elsewhere. II car Is smashed up In
railroad accident, It Is either rebuilt, new
one is made. or the price OF the car Is paid to
the owners by the company on whose track
the smash-up occurred.
Every contingency is provided for in the sys-
Recently the master car builders Of the coun-
try agreed on q set OF schedule OF prices for
every conceivable damage to cars, and the re.
suit Is going to be that the rolling stock Of all
style and quality, since It is agreed that only
serviceable parts shall be put on cars that
need mepding, no matter how expensive and
fanciful those parts may have been originally.
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HIS Master's Sober Request.

The policeman had given his testimony,
which was unqualiisdly e The fact OF the old gentle
The stand There was mingled expression OF lndRnn
ton and determination on ais cnunIenance lilo testified
lniy 20 tho surprise OF the court that tue old
man was sober when he came holne The Prosecuting
Attorney proceeded to question:
You say that Mr. - was sober which ho.came
homer
..bid he get to bed alone"
Ibid yoa put him to bsdr'
.".And ~ vas perfectly sober :"
..Whai DID he say when you put him to bed'"
lie said tGood night"
"Anything clsv !"
"He said as how was 70 call him early"
Anything elee"
Yes, sir"
what was III Tell US exactly what he said every
word"
He said as how was to wake and eau him early. for
he 10 be the Queen OF the NRyl"
The old man WaA lined
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cd Il 10 him. He examined Il carefully, and all
the time my heart was In my mouth. i was
afraid he would turn the pages and pick out
some other speech. But he didn't.
~ should think this would do be said. and
proceeded to count on two hundred words,
We'll. at II we went, and Then ths two hum
onds Of the minute to snare. He timed mo
with one OF those old stop watches. and can
SOC II yet,
:" Hump no said, L gpess you'll do and
after that he seemed to think was more OF
man than looked"
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The Right ssrt,
From the cAiu9o Tfibuns.

Mr.. Stagg Yale's famous base ball pitcher,
entered Philips Exeter Academy some years ago a
poor lad For the hrs month he lived sixteen cents
day, his food being oatmsal and oornmeaL with meat
the toughest kind OF beefsteak, treat
week The second month he succesded In getting fairly
good day board In return for The OF horse Az tho
board and lodging for caring for horse and doing AL
the odd chores around the house. and thus
himself through Exeter Al Yale he earned III way b.
tutoring and writing for the pAperA
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goes on hesitatingly and brokenly:
The card says that man crossed the path
iik s you might hight have l looked once% i0oAS
Another piercing glance into the Villains
What does he do-o-op,
And so it goes on, she reading the story In
his eyes ana telling IT from the cards until as
springs up and towers over the terrified wretch
~ magnificent frenzy that Is the climax OF
That style would not do for the fortune teller
OF tho day, although the system is the same
ts face and @ the result from the
In the work OF befooling, such as requiring the
be to o.
and other more complicated tricks learned
with tho fortune. teilers is the hysterical. The
clairvoyant grabs the subjects hand looks
Into Q trance, thrashes the air mysteriously
%ts ne f b arm ssst Is rse ~ fhe subjects
IL What he sbs * s be sn
land. When she thinks she has seen heScus-
toners MONEYS worth th she she goes through more
BIZ, and seems faint Then She bows ' and
smiles, and says:
"One dollar, please; next!"
One kind OF modern witch goes around to
areaway doors and wants chance to tell SCR
view her operations with suspicion. They say
the goods she really deals in is information as
house inside, which is found valuable by
searchers afterthe mysterious beyond OF silver
closets and lewely caskets. The police also
yet the only woman that practices vile bust
ness under the guise Of fortune telling. and
that evon advertise that business In some OF
the papers, How difficult It is to break up this
branch of the business was shown at a recent
trial. when tho chief witness for the accused
who was infatuated with the prisoners astrol-
ogy
OF the fortune teller Is confined, even In the
present degenerate ago. to Silly girls and ig-
norant people, The Wizards are still occa-
OF good sense at that For instance man
well known and successful In business, through
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
E. FRANK WALDROP, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT,
against
THE GREENWOOD LAURENS AND SPARTANBURG RAILROAD
COMPANY, DEFENDANTS RESPONDENT.
Argument Eugene B. Gary, of Defend
ants Attorneys.
JURISDICTION.

JURISDICTION.
The Complaint shown by the cases hereinafter cited an
tiff in of the railroad embankment turning the
face water back upon the land in his possession.
I 5y e aGss knot nfs a the %
applicable to the obstruction of surface water:
from the words of the Complaint which have a
hereinere described and by of the bad construction Of
5 D 1ea o e Gy n Of this S fhs e off the the
which accmam but which would flow of naturally were it
this pain by overowng his land and by injury the crop
growing this land and by rendering this land unfit for clt
" Vation in the sum of seventy dollars
said nuisance and to drain off the water from the land of this
a@oun pa%t above h as sat te1s0 10 90 anu has damage" Hill " w
order to give the Court jurisdiction it must appear eon The
not properly have been taken consideration in the assessment
damages Claimed are such as could lave been taken consider
alton ang % P saf o for the ne right Ta he k e the
size and deprves the Circuit Court of jurisdiction
HeTlesr fsT ss''ueI vs.: + r. r: IS i'sD s. C. 4ss
WSHH'T lieGsei', HailRaK on Ky K: I2%' 17", 49,
Pierce on r. r. no.
The Complaint being action for alege damages by surface
ceed to the consideration question whether such dam
ages may arise from se water are properly to be taken into
In the case Of walker oil Co.. &C., o3 Mass 49, reported in
~ AM Rep 52 the oGTmE a anEuge lar qua is used f IT fha T Jury
roa made flow petitioners land prevented
therctrOn the proper
Jury in estimating his damages Where there is public or
even would private right easement of drainage
ion for it and failure to do subjected them to an action
for tort but damages upon complaint ~ But no
bankment and necessary cutters Of the railroad h track will ul-
cause damage by keeping it back projecting it in large
titles upon lands adjoining the road Injuries to land from such
causes would seem clearly fall within the class of effects
which have held to afford ground for the assessment of
| &" damages under the &atHe," &c.
See also Tayor VS. Fckas CT Ind 67 rep in Am. Rep Ill.,
Lynch vs. Mayor rs n Y Co. reported in 80 Am. Rep Gil
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One law Jesus Christ claimed as his
peculiar law, and it was the taW Of
love. What practice among manklnd
violates this law so grossly as war?
Christ salutes his yOtaries with the
happy omen of "Peace." Examine
every part of his doctrine and you will
find nothing that does not breathe
peace; and as he knew that peace
could not be preserved unless those OBJ
iects for which the world contends
with the sword were considered as vile
and contemplate, he ordered US to
learn of him to be meek and lowly.
One never knows a man till he has
refused him something, and studied
the effect Of the refusal; one never
knows himself till he has denied him
self. The altar OF sacrifice is the
touchstone of character.
A great deal of talent is lost in the
world for the want of little courage.
Every day sends to their graves a
number of obscure men who have
only remained obscure because their
timidity has prevented them from
making first effort.
One of the most evil consequences
of war is, that it tends to render man
kind callous to the feelings and senti-
ments of humanity.-Chdrtes j. FOr.
You've WRITER: "What do you
think of the poetry turn out, sir?"
Old writer: "Think you serve it just
right, sir. ."-Detroit Free Press.
If gilt frames, when new, are cover
ed with a coat of white varnish, all
specks can be washed off with water
without harm.
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Adams, by Winthrop and Grant. 1t
is within the wider range advocated by
James u. Blaine, who recognized the
advantage of a union with the states
of South America, which embraced
what what Is proposed with refer
Republican and proteetionist. but
insist on drawing the line between pro-
lection and the mere fostering and
building up of monOpolies. The former
is healthful, the latter ruinous to any
country. The Importance of extending
our trade North as well as East, South
and West is palpable to all our people.
1t is as defenceleSS TO intercept and
roll back the trade of our commerce
from the great market Just north of the
10Th parallel of latitude as to turn
backward from the Tooth meridian of
longitude. Trade and commerce know
no points of the compass, or political
boundaries. The natural channels of
trade run in all directions where
there are needs to supply aud methods
to purchase. Canada enters the field
OF competition with the odds against
her. The larger advantage would
manifestly be with us. To favor po-
lltical and oppose commercial union, is
paradOXical. The protectionist who
opposes the measure is peTVeTSe, and
will injure the system we want to up
hold. The free trader who opposes it,
suffers from a weakness which
must be congenital It will be
pressed to splendid victory or
temporary defeat. In the end it is as
certain to triumph as wisdom and
Justice are to continue Omnipotent.
Let the business interest of the coun-
try be heard. Political leaders will re-
spond. They seem to lead; they IN fact
follow. They conform to; they do not
mould the public iudpment
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The St. Louis Programe.

ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 27.-The official pro
gramme for the business and entertain
ment of the Grand Army Encampment,
which is TO be held here, beginning on
the Goth of September, was decided
upon this evening, and will be pub
lished and distributed next week. Its
chief features are as follows:
First Day, Monday. Reception of
visiting comrades at depOts and steam
boat landings.
Tuesday.-Grand parade and review.
Evening: Formal reception and well
come by Mayor Francis; grand illumin-
alton of the streets by 100 gas jets and
electric lights.
MISUNDERSTANDING of encamp
ment and national convention of the
Woman's Relief Corps; reunion of
states and regiments in Forest Park;
excursions on the river to Jefferson
Barracks and National Cemetery.
Evening: Street Examinations: mu-
steal entertainments and fireworks.
Observation-Disclosures meeting of the
encampment; excursion to tomb of
Abraham Lincoln, at Springfield, H.,
and river excursions. Evening:
Street illumination and parade of the
Trades Display Association, and allie
gorical representation of the business
interests of st. Louis.
Friday.-Meeting of the encamp-
ment and river excursions. Evening:
Street illumination, banquet to the
officers, delegates and representatives
to the Grand Encampment. grand camp
fire and pyrotechnic display.
turday.-Railroad excursion to
Nashville, Tenn, Mammoth Cave,
KY. and other points of interest.
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PoI1tIcaI Prererenees.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 27.-The Kansas
City Times will publish, tomorrow,
the result of circular sent throughout
Kansas and Missouri inquiring as to
the presidential preferences. The ans
wers all come from influential poll
ticians of both parties, they being Sc
lected as most likely to represent the
feelings of the people. The following
is the result in Missouri:
From the Democrats $40 answers
were received. OF these 80 were for
Cleveland, three for Thurman and one
each for Wade Hampton, Randall,
Bayard and Burns, While two had no
choice.
From the Republicans, 261 answers
were received, Blaine had I25; Sher-
man, II; Lincoln, Al; Depew, 4;
No Choice, 4; and the following one
each: Edmunds, General Sherman,
Hawley, Allison, Evarts, Gresham,
COnkling, Roosevelt and Sheridan.
In Kansas, answers were received
from 500 Democrats, 500 were for
Cleveland, 7were for Thurman, 6 were
for Hill, 3 were for Carlisle, were for
Mcdonald and one each for Black
and Morrison.
The Republicans sent 302 answers,
divided as follows: Blaine, ISL; Sher-
man, So; Lincoln, A; Ingalls,, 4; Allison,
3; Hawley, 2; Oglesby, =; and the fol-
lowing one each: Edmunds, Depew,
General Sherman, Gresham, Sheridan,
| COnkling.
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NaturnI Gas.

LOUISVILLE KY, Aug. 29.-Twenty-
five miles from this place down the
Ohio river and upon the Indiana side,
the Union Gas company of Louisville
has struck a magnificent flow of natural
gas Mt a depth of four hundred feet.
1t has been known for years that gas
existed in small quantities in the
region mentioned, the flow from one
well on the Kentucky side having been
utilized in the salt works of Mr.. G. p.
Morgan for three years Other COM
panies have been boring for several
years past on the Kentucky side in
hopes of finding a powerful enough
flow to pipe to Louisville, but without
success. Major VIM. j. Davis, geoIO-
gist of the Union company and gen.
tleman of ability and high standing in
Louisville, states that according to his
calculations the flow of gas amounts to
at least two hundred cubic feet per
second, which would amount to about
seventeen million cubic feet per day.
'Of course my estimates are not pre-
else" he said, but feel assured that
the flow is not less than ten million
feet daily. The greatest flow of nat
ural gas in this country is from the
Long well at Findlay, Ohio. There
the flow is twelve million cubic teet in
twenty-four hours. 1 do not believe
the flow from the Long well exceeds
that from our well.o
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rehypothecate for much more mon
ey than they had advanced up
on them. They pocketed the
difference and when they were detected
abscOnded. AS a matter of fact they
were not acting as brokers for any in
stitution or wealthy individual. Upon
the representations referred to, how
ever, Messrs. Davis & Freeman Dor
rowed $500, 600 of Meter s. Co. upon a
pledge of $3.50, 600 first mortgage bonds
of the New York Central s. Hudson
River Railroad company. The rate was
4 per cent against a market
rate of about per cent, and the mar
gin in the loan was about 80 per cent.
When the Meter swindle collapsed Da-
Wis 81 Freeman had to recover their Sc
curities by paying, in addition to the
loan, the S29, O0o the Meters had made
by disqualification. Other claims
against Meter of d similar character
are still unsettled.